They made them better. Yes, with policies. No, these were not Western policies. (You cannot take credit for China, American, while also castigating it for its faults.. that sort of duplicity is exactly why your nation is viewed with disgust, more and more these days..)
China has a middle class like no other nation - including that of the USA, which is rapidly demolishing its middle class and which provides no such care to its citizens.
China also provides free health care for its citizens - the USA, not so much.
See also: Western Democracy.
Remind me again which government was responsible for the deadliest famine in human history?
I don't want to ban you, because you've also posted good comments–but we have to moderate based on the worst things an account does, and what you did in this thread is completely not ok.
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If anyone did the "lifting", it's the global markets with their conditional entry into the WTO. Almost all the conditions are still not met and reneged on.